On November 10, 202610, 2026 the delegation from East African University Rwanda accompanied by Professor Florin Nechita visited the Research Institute of Transilvania University of Brasov, and has been impressed by the different activities done by the institute to reinforce the research skills, practical skills, and innovative skills of the students and their lecturers.
Professor Kabera Callixte , Vice Chancellor and Hategekimana Jean Baptiste , Consultant Lecturer at Research Insitute .
Professor Florin Nechita informed the EAUR delegation including the Professor Callixte KABERA, Vice Chancellor of EAUR and Hategekimana Jean Baptiste, Consultant Lecturer that the Research and Development Institute of Transilvania University of Brașov emerged from a project of structural funds meant primarily to facilitate the increase of the university’s competitiveness in national and international research.
Moreover, the development of the Research &Development Institute also aimed at anchoring the university in the region’s business environment by means of technology transfer and the development of applied research in close connection with local and regional Research &Development and innovation needs.
Establishing the Research &Development Institute as a space for research, experimentation and testing outside the university buildings and university campus was a strategic decision of the university to stimulate performance in fundamental and applied research, based on several considerations: creating an optimal study, research, testing and experimentation environment; the possibility of concentrating a large amount of technological equipment close to study spaces; ensuring the perspective of interdisciplinary collaboration by including a number of research centres in different areas in the Research &Development building; ensuring a generous and dedicated research space designed to encourage collaborative research-development-innovation partnerships with local companies by setting up joint research teams, added Professor Florin Nechita.
The delegation from EAUR have visited services the Research Institute and has highly appreciated how the institute helps Transilvania University of Brasov to connect the students and their lecturers to industries because some companies operate in the Research Institute of the University
The delegation has been interested in the activities of V!z!b!l and Brasov Metopolitane that produce films and other audiovisual contents for commercial purpose .
Loan Braghesiu co-founder explaining to Lecturer Hategekimana Jean Baptiste how the use the modern mixer for film and podcast production .
Mihaela Pargher taking picture and recording for a video production.
Transilvania University of Brașov is the only university in Romania that has built its own multidisciplinary research institute. At the time of its completion, in 2013, the University’s Research and Development (R&D) was the largest investment in research infrastructure undertaken by a Romanian university by attracting European funds.